Which of these are better?

Question

- Standing still is the path to nowhere.
- A trip of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Note: These were answers to my previous question. But I can't decide which one to use.

How do I make this quote better?
"If you don’t take a step, you will never go anywhere"

Or do you any other suggestions?

I don't really want to signify a journey but more of a path or road to life.

Yeah, that's the problem. I just can't decide which. They both fit well.

I want to use this quote as a moral for a story I made.

Thanks, Joe Doc. I'll try wordplay. Yours are good but it doesn't coincide with my story.

I mean the last two.

Answer 1

"If you don't take a step, you will always be stuck where you are."

"A trip ..." is a better quote because it teaches the importance of the beginning - taking that first step.

Answer 2

How do I make this quote better?
"If you don’t take a step, you will never go anywhere"

"not to step forward, is not to move ahead"

I do not like - Standing still is the path to nowhere.

"Remain still and no path will be tread nor any destination reached"

Stay still too long and the vines will grow and hold you from
your destiny


Who knows: the "wordplay" Yahoo Answers folks are better at this?

Answer 3

I like the second quote: "A trip of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
This seems like it has more depth to it and it is something we can all relate to. We keep postponing things but the first step begins the journey.

Pick the second quote and don't modify it. It is best as it is.

:)

Answer 4

I like them both. It's like comparing apples to oranges though.